People and Parties

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18632, 16 February 1935, Page 11

People and Parties

-Mrs 0. Stork, Domett street. is !ho guest "1 Mi's .1. AI. Mnncklmi. S’.‘itiithi. -Miss K. ,Shorn ft'. Waiknlui, is spend’ in”' a few days as the guest of .Mrs Parke Pivtar, Kail;. ‘ Mrs W. .Martin, Alarl'iiiliurnuglt, i> visiting bar sister, Alts X. 11. Hull, Jlinaki streel. Miss Alison Pearce, AV'oilington, arrived in Gisborne tins week to stay with Aliss W. Barns-Uranam. The latter has been in town fur the tennis championship matches, but she and -Miss Pearce intend to leave for Hangaroa during the week-end. j Miss Jocelyn Blair left; recently for Havelock X'orth. j Airs C. H. Wells, Graham road, has returned front a sh.ort visit to Mnsterton. Afrs 11. B. Williams, Turilmtia i station, has returned from a short ‘visit to Timaru, Wellington and Wanganui. IMiss AI. ,Sitter, who has been the guest of Airs ,T. Blair and Airs 11. Hegarty while visiting Gisborne, returned’ to Auckland on Wednesday, i Mrs Slater, accompanied by -Miss E. Sievers, arrived from Wellington • on Wednesday to stay with her sister, Airs C. 11. Bull, Jranui r,oad, for a few days. Miss Cotterill, Christchurch, who has been visiting Mrs L. Cotterill, Foxstreet, is now staying with Mrs G. E. Cotterill, Alakarika station, Tokomaru Bay.

Mrs G. Price, Thames, is visiting her brother, Aid’. L. Martin, Sheehan street, having come, to Gisborne to attend liis wedding to Aliss Algie next week.

Aliss Alerc Vailo, who lias been the guest of Airs J. Blair, Iranui road, returned to Auckland on Wednesday via Hawke’s Bay and Palmerston North. Air, and Mrs L. Sims, Wanganui [fiver, are visiting Gisborne. Aliss Maureen Dwyer, Day’s Bay, Wellington, who has been the guest of Aliss Alice Quirke, Gisborne, has returned home. Aliss McLean, Gisborne, is visiting her brother, Mr. X. Aid,can and Airs McLean, Selwyn House, Wanganui. Air. and Mrs. Bowen. Tokoinavu Buy, are. returning to-day from a visit to Hawke’s Bay. Airs. 0. 0. K. Sainsbmy, who with her two daughters, the Misses If. and B. Sainsbury, had been visiting her mother. Airs. W. G. Sliernitt. returned to her home in Wairoa on Thursday. Aliss Winehconibe is spending a few days in the country as the guest of Airs. P. Fletcher, T'e Kurakin The Misses B. and L. Orr, Kanakauaia, are leaving to-morrow for Rotorua on a holiday visit. Aliss .Jean Begg, national general secretary of the V.W.C.A. of India, Burma and' Ceylon, arrived in Auckland on Tuesday by tlie Afarama. On Alonday she left for Wellington to attend tin- Y.W.C.A. convention and will then visit her home in Dunedin, returning to Auckland in June. Lady Broughton, who arrived at Wellington on Sunday afternoon in the yacht Uosaura, left the Bongotai aerodrome on Alonday for Mobsonville in the Wellington Aero Club’s Waco machine, piloted by Plight Lieutenant G. B. Bolt. It is understood that Lady Broughton will make a sea-plane flight from Hobsonville to the Bay of Islands.

Sir Charles and Lady Campbell, Alary Campbell and Miss Xaii Mollor, will leave'Clwislehureh shortly on ilie!•• return .journey to England. Mrs. T. I’errv has left for Aueklaiul on a short' visit.

Miss Elsie Busby, Tokomaru Bay, has been the guest of Mrs. If. ,T, Reynolds. Sundown,” this week.

Mrs. W. Blathwayt entertained a few friends at bridge- on .Monday evening in honor of-Miss AI. Stuvell, of Jersey, Channel Islands, who is visiting Gisborne, a very enjoyable time being spent.

Miss Molly J afford, Hawke’s Bay, is the guest of Aliss Judy Rutledge, Alatawai.

-Mrs. S. V-. Beaufoy, Stout, street, and her guests Airs. AI. Jacob, Wales, and Aliss Alargaret Alasterman, England, have returned from a holiday excursion trip to the Sounds. Girl Guide Rally in Auckland. The commissioners and guiders of the Poverty Bay division wlio attended the Girl Guide rally at the Auckland Domain last .Saturday, held in honor of Lady Baden-Powell, the Chief Guide, who has just, arrived in New Zealand, returned to'Gisborne on Momiav.

During their visit to Auckland they were the guests of fellow Guides, and had a most enjoyable week-end, the weather being perfect and. the entertainment most interesting. There were thousands of spectators at the rally, ami all were deeply - impressed with the spectacular displays given by 2500 Guides, Rangers, and Brownies of the Auckland province. Two of the most impressive events were the march up of Guides and Rangers, eight tibreast, led by a block of Guides bearing 100 Union Jacks, the Guides holding the Hags being from companies in different' parts of llio province; and the, living garden made by 000 Brownies. Various parts of the province were represented ny the bearers and escorts of the two standards, one of the standards being that of the Chief Guide, Lady BadenPowell, and the other of the chief commissioner for Xew Zealand, -Miss Ruth Herrick. The bearer and escort of the Chief Guide’s standard were Brown Owls from the .Ist Gisborne, Ist Thames, and Ngaruawahia Brownie Packs, and of the chief commissioner’s standard were Rangers from the Waitemata, Hamilton and Mataroa Companies.

Several local guiders, comprising one car-load, who were unable to visit; Auckland last week-end are going to Napier next week to attend the Guide rally there on February l'J for Larlv Baden-Powell.

New Zealand Soprano. Miss ilinemoa Rosier, a 20-year-old New Zealand girl, won the Melba bequest scholarship from an entry of 50. Twelve finalists faced the judges. Miss Rosier went from Auckland last, February to study at the conservatorium under a special scholarship.

Air. Fritz Hart, director of the conservatorium, described her voice as adramatic soprano, and the best at the conservatorium since Florence Austral.

Pre-Nuptial Gift Party. On Tuesday evening the -Methodist Girls’ Club entertained Aliss -Merle Harries, one of the members, at a very enjoyable “ kitchen ” gift party prior to her marriage to Air. D. G.' Lean, which was celebrated on Thursday. There were about. 60 guests present, and Air. Frank Turlcv. • made an eiti-

clcnt M.C. During the evening delightful vocal items were given by Miss Phyllis Wheeler, Mrs A. C. Coleman. Miss E. Smith and Mr. li. lieyworth. An interesting competition was won by Mrs S. Wildish, and a novel walking Monte Carlo contest by Miss E. Shaon and Mr G.. Prince, two visitors from Wellington. Each prizewinner received a charming gift. A dainty supper was handed round by club members, and afterwards the bride and bridegroom-to-be, assisted by their bridesmaids-elect, Missos Emily Shann, Wellington, and -Mona Gillies, Palmerston North, opened their gift parcels, which contained' ail manner of useful kitchen utensils. The recipients expressed thanks to their friends for their kindness and generosity after the gifts had been displayed.

i The guest of honor wore a very pretty frock of pale pink Shasta silk. Gift Party lor Bride-to-be. On Thursday afternoon Mrs I’. Beale was hostess at: a delightful “miscellaneous” gift party given at. tier home in Sheehan street in honor of Miss Myra Algie, who is to be married next week v> Mr. L. Martin. Goldenrod and yellow daisies were arranged with charming effect, for the (ivcoration of tho drawing-room, where the guests were entertaineil. During the atternoon community singing was very much enjoyed, the pianoforte accompaniments being played bv Misses Jessie Shorter and Phyllis Tier, ami much interest, was taken in a novel competition which was won by Miss M. Nelson, who received an attractive prize.

After a dainty tea had been served, the guest of honor, aessisted by -Miss Eileen Johnson, who acted for (he bridesmaid'. Aliss Reidy, who was unable to be present, opened the many gift pnreel:' revealing a. variety of useful and charming gifts, for which Alias Algie thanked lmr friends in a few suitable words. The hostess received her guests, wearing a becoming frock of dark save bin” figured uncrushoblo. crepe, A dainty frock of white crepe do chine trimmed with hand-fagot ting

was worn by ihe guest of honor. Aliss Phyllis Beale, who assisted her mother in the entertainment of the guests, wore a pretty frock .of maroon crepe de chine. The guests included 1 a number of members of the Athletic Basketball Club, of which Aliss Algie was secretary last season, and a prominent member for several years. Among those present were Afesdames G. Price (Thames), Chovcaux, E. Shorter, S. Lister, I’. AlcConnell and J. Ilislop; Alisses P. Tier. AI. Nelson, J. Shorter, C. .McConnell, P. Beale, T. Robb, A. .Race, I’lioda and Helen Hewetson, E. Johnson, J. Wilson, and J. and D. Dixciy. Lite in Brazil. “There are no sharks in the waters of Rio de Janeiro,'’ related Mrs I). P. \\ eatlterliog, who arrived at Auckland this week, “We did lots of battling and went in anywitere at all. 'Apart .from ocean currents, there is notning at all horrible in the harbor.” Airs Wealher'hog’s husband, Dean Wentliet'hog, is to take ollice at St. Peters, Hamilton; They are accom-

panied by their little daughter, Rosemary, who was born in Xew Zealand when the Dean was previously in the diocese of Waikato. Airs We.atherh.og is English, but tier married life has been spent m travelling, and for the last three years site, has been in Rio de Janeiro, where her husband was church chaplain and also chaplain to the Missions to Seamen. ‘•The Brazilian women are beautiful,” said Airs Weatherhog, ‘Mind I have a flair for dress.” 'Stic added that; the wealthy and cultured seem to spend their lives leisurely, taking mote interest in clothes than in anything else. They did not indulge tit spun. Ju dress theV would rival women in any part of the world, and their make-up was flawless. Airs Weatherhog had never seen such marvellous jewellers’ shops as in Rio do Janeiro, and the jewels they displayed were so magnificent and so expensive that she wondered who could afford to buy them. Social life there was similar to that of any English community in a foreign town. The city itself was most, cosmopolitan.

Theatres, such as they were, were not of a good type, and therefore cultured people did not patronise them, but there was a very wonderful municipal theatre at which little seasons ot entertainment were held. Every year there was an opera season, and some of the best actors and actresses

of Europe were brought out; to take part itt the productions; only the chorus work was local. Recently a season of Russian ballet was given by

,Serge Lofar and his company. .It was customary to have big orchestral

seasons of good music, for Brazilians were intenselv fond of music. Occasionally English theatrical companies went there on tour. The opera house

was luxuriously equipped, with a magnificent stage, and was furnished in an ornate style. Picture houses were also good, and splendid’ films wore shown, either in English or German, with captions in Portuguese.